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Is there still room for penetrating keratoplasty in 2012
Author(s) -
GICQUEL JJ
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2012.2835.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ophthalmology , corneal transplantation , optometry , cornea
Penetrating keratoplasty (PK) is the most commonly performed graft in the western world. Recent advances in the medical management of corneal diseases and the advent of lamellar surgeries have considerably changed patterns in the indications of PK. Hence we will apprehend what indications are left for PK, as well as the enhanced PK techniques.